Temporary binder.



No. s92,545.'

Y R Patented Fb. 4, I902.- 05K. & c. A. REED.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

(Application filed Nov. 4, 1901.)

(Na Model.)

3f i T e diz m Z Y A IQ UNITEDJSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. REED AND CHESTER A. REED, OF WORCESTER,

' MASSACHUSETTS.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 692,545, dated February 4, 1902.

Application filed November 4, 1901. Serial No. 80,973. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES K. REED and CHESTER A. REED, citizens of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts,have invented a newand useful TemporaryBinder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of constructions designed for the temporary binding of pamphlets, such as the ordinary serial magazines or similar publications.

The especial object of this invention is to provide a strong, simple, and efficient temporary binder having all parts thereof permanently secured together, so that the same cannot become detached and mislaid and which will permit the insertion or removal of any one of the pamphlets or magazines bound therein without removing the other copies.

To these ends this invention consists of the temporary binder and of the combinations of parts therein, as hereinafter described, and

more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the parts constituting a temporary binder constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end view thereof with the back opened, and Fig. 3 is a similar view with the back closed and a pamphlet secured in position thereby.

In the constructions which have heretofore been employed'for temporarily binding magazines or other publications the constructions have been comparatively complicated and have not been sufficiently durable to with stand hard usage, While in some of the construotions detachable parts are employed which are liable to become mislaid or lost and while other forms of temporary binders require the removal of all subsequently-inserted pamphlets when it is desired to remove a previously bound-in pamphlet.

The especial object of our present invention is therefore to provide a temporary binder which is of such strong and durable construction that it will withstand hard usage, which will comprise few parts, all of which are permanently secured together, and which will be so constructed that any one of the pamphlets contained therein may be removed or steel strips which are strung on the frame.

By means of this construction the parts may be connected strongly together, so that they will withstand hard usage. To permit the insertion or removal of magazines, the back of the construction maybe opened,the magazines beingheld in place when the back is closed.

In the construction herein illustrated the back is closed by two flaps, one extending from each cover. The outside flap, as herein illustrated, is provided with an overlapping tongue having a fastening or catch to engage a socket in the opposite cover.

Referring to the accompanying drawings and in detail, A and B designate a pair of ordinary covers, while 0 designates a substantially rectangular wire frame. Strung upon the wire frame before the same is finally bent into shape are the binding rods or wires D. As herein illustrated,the binding rods or Wires D consist of thin sheet-steel strips. The covers are permanently hinged to the wire frame 0 by means of sheet-metal hinge-pieces,which are bent around the side bars of the frame 0 and are then riveted to the covers, as shown. Extending from the cover A is a back flap F, and extending from the cover B is a flap G, having an extending tongue H, carrying a catch I of substantially a glove-fastener type, adapted to be snapped into a socket K in the cover A. By.means of this construction the back may be opened by swinging back the flaps F and G, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to permit magazines to be strung upon the rods or wires D.

.When the flaps F and G are closed, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the pamphlet or pamphlets L, which may be strung upon the rods or Wires D, will be fastened in place and bound in the desired manner-that is to say, in the use of a temporary binder constructed according to our invention when the back of the construction is closed and fastened in its closed position the magazines or other folded material strung upon the rods or wires D will be fastened in place and securely held in position to form a single volume or book, while by opening the back or turning up the fasteningflaps any one of the magazines may be lifted up out of place or removed, or additional magazines may be dropped down into place to straddle the supporting rods or bars D to increase the size of the volume, the insertion or removal of any one of the pamphlets or magazines bound in a temporary binder of our construction being effected without removing the other copies.

WVe are aware that changes may be made in our construction by those who are skilled in the art without departing from the scope of our invention as expressed in the claims.

We do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the device we have herein shown and described; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a temporary binder, the combination of a rectangular frame, supporting rods or wires permanently secured on said frame, a cover permanently hinged to each side bar of the rectangular frame, and means for detachably closing the back of the construction, so that when the back is opened magazines or other folded matter can be dropped into position to straddle the supporting rods or bars, and will be held in place by the back of the construction when the same is closed.

2. In a temporary binder, the combination of a rectangular wire frame, supporting rods or bars strung upon the end pieces of the rectangular wire frame, a cover permanently hinged to each side bar of the rectangular wire frame, and flaps for detachably closing the back of the construction, said parts being arranged sothat when the back flaps are opened magazines or other folded matter may be dropped into place to straddle the supporting rods or bars, and will be held in place by the back flaps when the same are fastened in closed position.

3. In a temporary binder, the combination of covers, a substantially rectangular wire frame, sheet-metal hinge-pieces bent around the side bars of the wire frame, and riveted to the covers, so that the parts will be permanently secured together, rods or wires strung on the frame, and flaps extending from the covers so that when said flaps are opened pamphlets or portfolios can be strung upon or removed from the rods, and so that the same will be held in place when the flaps are closed.

4:. In a temporary binder, the combination of a pair of covers, a substantially rectangular wire frame,sheet-metal pieces bentaround the side bars of said frame, and riveted to the covers, rods or wires strung upon the frame, and flaps extending from the covers to close the back of the construction, one of said flaps being provided with a tongue having a spring-catch for detachably engaging a socket in the other cover, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. K. REED. CHESTER A. REED.

Vitnesses:

PHILIP W. SOUTHG-A'IE, JOHN F. CRoWELL. 

